• Reg Anesth Pain Med · Apr 2021

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    Regional anesthesia for scapular fracture surgery: an educational review of anatomy and techniques.

    • Kartik Sonawane, J Balavenkatasubramanian, Hrudini Dixit, Harshitha Tayi, and Vipin Kumar Goel.
    • Anaesthesiology, Ganga Medical Centre and Hospitals Pvt Ltd, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
    • Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2021 Apr 1; 46 (4): 344-349.

    AbstractScapular fractures are very rare, and those requiring surgical interventions are even rarer. Most scapula surgeries are done under general anesthesia with or without the regional anesthesia (RA) technique as an adjunct. Since scapular innervation is complicated, a thorough review of the relevant anatomy is warranted. In this RAPM educational article, we aimed to summarize the target nerves and blocks needed to optimize analgesia or even to provide surgical anesthesia for scapula surgeries. In this review, we are describing an algorithmic "identify-select-combine" approach, which enables the anesthesiologist to understand detailed innervation of the scapula and to obtain a procedure-specific RA technique. Procedure-specific RA would probably be the way forward for defining future RA practices.© American Society of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine 2021. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.

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